“Gold is the universal language understood by all nations.” (George Herbert) Just a few weeks ago, the gold price climbed above $2,500 per ounce for the first time in history. This has once again got South Africans talking about the attractiveness (or otherwise) of gold as an investment. Gold is probably one of the easiest…
Dear Investor Please note the following points when considering whether or not to invest: • It is highly probable that the expectation of a sudden spike in interest rates is overdone and as a result property stocks may recover and certain cash flush retailers may continue to climb • The stock market cannot be grouped…
While most investors seem to understand the need to contribute consistently to their retirement funds, and to start saving as early as possible, many investors fail to understand the impact of their ‘lifestyle inflation’ on their ability to save enough to maintain their standard of living during retirement. What do we mean by lifestyle inflation?…
Watch Stuart Kantor from Kanan Wealth express his views on Business Day TV about how Political Uncertainty in South Africa may be driving investors offshore : Watch Political Uncertainty Driving Investors Offshore
It’s the end of another great year and time to reflect. In doing so we have decided to share some articles with you that have been written by Stuart Kantor and featured on Moneyweb during the course of the last few years. Although written in the past, the content of all of these are still…
Stuart Kantor provides useful tips on how to save. I don’t know the stats, but it is a very real fact that the majority of South Africans cannot afford to retire and the current employed majority will also not be able to afford to retire. Yes, from a net worth perspective, South Africa has a…
“The stock market is designed to transfer money from the active to the patient.” – Warren Buffett The Value of Compounding Compounding, in the words of Piet Viljoen, a prominent South African fund manager, is your only friend in the market. Compounding is one of the few factors over which you have influence and which…
Sometimes doing nothing is more important than doing something. We believe that return profiling is more important than risk profiling. The herd matters but what matters more is your position within. We are insurance nerds and are totally okay with not always recommending the cool product. We plan around probabilities and don’t play on your…
Stuart Kantor of the Kanan Wealth team was recently featured on two prominent online Financial News sites, Finweek and FA News. Both articles read as follows: Economists recently released comment stating that they have reduced their projections for economic growth in South Africa for next year, to 2.8% from 2.9% last month. Following recent global…
Dear KANAN WEALTH CLIENT Hopefully through your encounters with the Kanan Wealth team you have gotten a sense of how passionate we are about offering sound financial advice. At the core of our Raison d’être is a rich understanding of the power of money as an enabler, Furthermore, we are also very much aware of…
